BOARD AGENDA MEMORANDUM
SUBJECT:
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Update on United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Partnership Projects.
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RECOMMENDATION:
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Receive and discuss information related to status of the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) projects where the District is the Local Sponsor, Co-Local Sponsor or member of a Local Sponsor Agency.
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SUMMARY:
USACE Partnership Projects:
The District is currently partnering with the USACE on planning, design, and/or construction of five flood protection projects that will provide flood protection for up to 11,762 residents and businesses in Santa Clara County. Annually, staff updates the board on all USACE partnership projects in preparation for upcoming legislative meetings in Washington, DC in which the District will be requesting federal funding for its projects. Key staff from the USACE San Francisco District Civil Works Branch will be in attendance to address specific project questions on the following projects:
N. Nguyen
1.Upper Guadalupe River Project Construction
2.South San Francisco Bay Shoreline Study Design and next feasibility phase
3.Upper Berryessa Creek Project Construction
4.San Francisquito Creek Project Feasibility
K. Oven
5.Upper Llagas Creek Project Construction
Annually, the USACE identifies their Federal appropriations request for each project with the intent of obtaining funds in the President’s budget. Attachment 1 summarizes the funding requests for FY17 and FY18. The USACE fiscal year begins October 1 and ends September 30. The status of each of these projects is described in the PowerPoint presentation (Attachment 2).
Funding for the following projects has been included in the Federal FY17 Budget Request:
∙ Upper Guadalupe River: $1.2M for construction
∙ South SF Bay Shoreline: $550K for design and next feasibility phase
∙ San Francisquito Creek: $471K for feasibility
In FY 16, the USACE received the following funding appropriations:
∙ Upper Berryessa Creek: $20M to complete construction
∙ San Francisquito Creek: $100K to continue feasibility
∙ South SF Bay Shoreline: $3M for preconstruction engineering and design
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
There is no financial impact associated with this informational item.
CEQA:
The recommended action does not constitute a project under CEQA because it does not have a potential for resulting in direct or reasonable foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment.
ATTACHMENTS:
Attachment 1: Federal Appropriation Requests
Attachment 2: PowerPoint
UNCLASSIFIED MANAGER:
Manager
Ngoc Nguyen, 408-630-2632
Katherine Oven, 408-630-3126